On: NY Times all but says it: Ballmer must go

[Tamerlin]

I wouldn't, not in that way at least.

Apple's been really good about jumping onto up-and-coming trends, particularly recently.

IBM's adaptation was the opposite: do nothing. The mainframe market hasn't changed much; the only real change has been that making mainframes costs more now, so IBM's main profit now is in consulting... for mainframe work :)

[10ren → Tamerlin]

Although IBM started in mechanical office automation - e.g. cash registers and type writers.

[Tamerlin → 10ren]

True... and so did one of their biggest competitors in the mainframe market (National Cash Register).... :)